Hypostomus heraldoi

Hypostomus heraldoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Hypostomus
Species:	H. heraldoi
Binomial name
	Hypostomus heraldoi; Zawadzki, C. Weber & Pavanelli, 2008

Hypostomus heraldoi is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Corumbá River and Rio Grande basins in the upper Paraná River drainage in Brazil. It is typically found in turbid waters with a substrate composed of rocks with some amount of sand. It is known to be syntopic with other loricariid species in the genus Hypostomus, including Hypostomus ancistroides, H. denticulatus, H. iheringii, H. margaritifer, and H. regani. The species reaches 23.6 cm (9.3 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.^[1]

Hypostomus heraldoi was described in 2008 by Cláudio H. Zawadzki (of the State University of Maringá), Claude Weber, and C. S. Pavanelli (also of the State University of Maringá), alongside the aforementioned related and syntopic species H. denticulatus.^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Brazilian ichthyologist Heraldo A. Britski, of the Universidade de São Paulo.^[3]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus heraldoi". FishBase.
^ Zawadzki, Cláudio H.; Weber, Claude; Pavanelli, Carla S. (2008). "Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 6 (3): 403–412. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000300013.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 August 2024.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Hypostomus heraldoi". FishBase.

[2] Zawadzki, Cláudio H.; Weber, Claude; Pavanelli, Carla S. (2008). "Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 6 (3): 403–412. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000300013.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 August 2024.

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